Portugal

Law No. 144/99, of 31 August, on International Judicial Cooperation in Criminal Matters

Part II
Extradition

CHAPTER I
Extradition from Portugal

Section II
Extradition procedure

Article 61
Time-limit for the surrender

1. The person concerned shall be removed from the Portuguese territory at the date that is fixed in accordance with the provisions of Article 60.

2. Should no-one show up to receive the person at that date, he shall be set free 20 days after that date .

3. That time-limit may be extended for another 20 days, inasmuch as the particular circumstances of the case so require, if reasons of force majeur, notably illness as described in paragraph 3 of Article 35 prevent surrender within that time-limit.

Keywords

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